Welcome
Welcome to the South East Kelowna
Irrigation District web site. For information about the district you
can search this site by using the drop down menus on the menu bar
above. Feel free to contact district staff by phone if you cannot
find the information you are looking for or if you want additional
information not posted on this site.
Follow this link for the latest public health
notifications.
Regular office hours are from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM Monday to Friday. In the case of an
emergency,
on-call staff can be contacted 24 hours a day by calling
861-4200.
Reservoir levels
improved; water restrictions remain in effect
McCulloch Reservoir level as of
July 1, 2010 at 100% of capacity.
NEWS RELEASE
June 18, 2010
SEKID Announces Stage 1
Water Restrictions
The South East Kelowna Irrigation
District has eased water restrictions, effective immediately. The
water supply outlook for the District has improved significantly
with recent spring rains helping to both dampen demand and fill
storage reservoirs. The Board of Trustees unanimously approved
easing water restrictions from Stage 2 to Stage 1 at the monthly
Board meeting June 17, 2010.
“Our supply outlook has improved
substantially over the past six weeks,” said district manager, Toby
Pike, “we’ve gone from just 22% of capacity to full at McCulloch
Reservoir and we’ve started filling our new Turtle Lake Reservoir.”
For the agriculture community the
allotment will increase from 75% to 100% of the standard annual
allotment. The District will be providing all affected users with a
water use report showing the amount of water used to date and the
new allotment for the property in the next few weeks. The District
cautions that water service will be discontinued for the rest of the
irrigation season to any property exceeding their allotment.
For domestic, commercial and mobile home
parks outdoor water use under Stage 1 is as follows:
Sprinkling:
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Odd numbered units or street
addresses are restricted to watering on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays.
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Even numbered units or street
addresses are restricted to watering on Wednesdays, Fridays and
Sundays.
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Watering from in-ground automatic
sprinkler systems is only allowed on watering days between the
hours of 12:00 midnight to 6:00 AM and timers must be set for a
maximum of 60 minutes per zone.
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Watering by hose is only allowed on
watering days between the hours of 6:00 AM and 10:00 AM. And
6:00 PM to midnight.
For more detailed description of Stage 1
water use, please visit the District web site at
www.sekid.ca.
The District continues to urge residents
to think about the water we use and to use it wisely. “The severe
water shortage we experienced last year really drives home the point
that the water we save this year will be there for next,” said Pike,
“we really can’t afford to waste a drop.”
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For detailed information
on Stage 1 water restrictions for Domestic, Commercial and Mobile
Home Parks, please follow this link:
STAGE 1 WATERING RESTRICTIONS
Spring/Summer Newsletter
2010
The Spring/Summer Newsletter 2010
Newsletter has been mailed to all landowners in the District as well
as being available online. This issue contains important information
about our water supply, Stage 2 water restrictions, water quality
and more. To download the latest news on the District, follow this
link:
Spring/Summer 2010 Newsletter. If you would like to catch up on
past editions of the newsletter, go to SEKID
Newsletter.
Fall/Winter Newsletter
2009-2010
The much anticipated 2009/2010
Fall/Winter Newsletter is now available online. Among the features
in this edition are stories about the 2009 supply shortages and an
update on District efforts to gain access to senior government
funding for water quality improvements. To download the latest news
on District affairs follow this
link:
Fall 2009
Newsletter. If you would like to catch up on past editions of
the newsletter, go to News &
Reports/Newsletters.
Kelowna IDs Present
Funding Request to Legislative Committee
The Select
Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services held hearings
in Kelowna October 15, 2009 and the four Kelowna Improvement
Districts had an opportunity to make a presentation on our plans for
water quality improvements. The purpose of the presentation was to
request funding assistance from the Provincial Government for water
quality improvement projects totaling $65 million. Black Mountain,
Glenmore Ellison, Rutland Waterworks and SEKID collectively serve
half the population and all of the agricultural community within the
municipal boundary. Over 70% of the city's annual water use is
provided by these four water suppliers.
The Committee's
report was released on November 13, 2009 and the section dealing
with support for Agriculture has the following recommendation:
32. Allow water
improvement districts of a certain minimum size to be eligible for,
and able to apply
directly for, infrastructure funding programs such as Build Canada,
in the same way as municipal
governments.
While the
report findings are not binding on the government, this
recommendation does leave room for optimism. Our thanks to the the more than 125
SEKID residents who wrote to the committee in support of our efforts
to access funding for water quality improvements. Follow these links
for a copy of the
Kelowna
Submission and
Steering Committee Report.
Automatic Withdrawal Payment Option
For your convenience, customers can now arrange for an
Automatic Withdrawal
from your bank account. To register, a
pre-authorized debit form
can be downloaded and printed from
this web site, or a copy of the form can be picked up at the
SEKID office. The completed forms can be mailed, faxed, or
dropped off at the office. Please make sure you provide a
copy of a void cheque from the account you wish to use along
with the signed form. Financial institution information on
the form can be left blank and the District can fill this
information in from the information that is provided on the
cheque as long as you have signed the form as authorization to
withdraw funds
from your account.
Forms must
be into the
office one week prior to the billing due dates. If you
need assistance with this form, please contact the office at
250-861-4200.
Technical Advisory
Committee Report on Turbidity
The Minister of Health, George Abbott,
released a report on
Turbidity and
Microbial Risk in Drinking Water in April, 2008. The report was prepared by
an internationally recognized committee of water experts that had
been appointed by the Minister to look into the effectiveness of
using turbidity as an indicator for assessing risk in public water
supplies, as well as the use of public water quality advisories as a
means of communicating risk. The report concludes that turbidity
alone is not a predictive indicator of health risk in water supplies
and that advisories are often misunderstood by the public and may be
ignored. Follow the link above to download a copy of the report.
Online Water Quality Questionnaire
The Board of Trustees needs feedback
from residents about the District's Water Quality Improvement
Program (WQIP). For those who did not attend the Open House on
December 12, lots of information about the WQIP can be found on this
web site.
SEKID has recently commissioned a report
by Associated Engineering entitled Water Supply & Treatment
Cost/Benefit Review . The entire report can be viewed on this
web site under "News & Reports/Internal Reports". The
Summary Report
provides an executive summary of the study and, for those of us with
limited time, the District has prepared a short
Information
Brief on the subject.
The WQIP will have a tremendous
impact on the rates our residents pay for drinking water. The
time has come to get this message out to our ratepayers and to get
feedback on the direction the District is going.
Please, take a few minutes to review the
information on this web site and then answer our online
questionnaire.
Water Supply and Treatment
Cost/Benefit Review
Study Online
Water Supply and
Treatment: Summary Report - November 2007. In a follow up to our
May 2006 water treatment pilot study, this comprehensive report by
Associated Engineering evaluates eight options for improving the
District's water quality. The Summary Report provides the
highlights, conclusions and recommendations of this work, while the
detailed technical analysis in support of the summary can be found
in three Technical Memorandum Reports:
Tech Memo 1,
Tech Memo 2 and
Tech Memo 3, along
with a
Hyrdogeological Report conducted by Golder and Associates.
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